most 3 pointers made in single game by a team in nba before 2003

Before 2002-03, the Atlanta Hawks sank the most threes by a team in a game, with 19 three-pointers against the Mavericks on December 17, 1996.

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most 3 pointers made in single regular-season game by a team in NBA before 2003

	TEAM	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Hawks	19	12/17/1996	ATL	@	DAL	W 109-73	240	109	49	26	6	9	40	74	54.1	27	70.4	10	22	45.5	65.1	12	37	15	16
2	Mavericks	18	1/15/2002	DAL	@	ATL	W 116-107	240	116	37	27	12	5	39	82	47.6	40	45.0	20	28	71.4	61.5	9	28	12	25
3	Mavericks	18	3/5/1996	DAL	vs	NJN	W 127-117	240	127	50	24	9	3	47	105	44.8	49	36.7	15	19	78.9	56.0	17	33	12	25
4	Mavericks	18	2/29/1996	DAL	@	DEN	W 137-120	240	137	38	31	5	7	47	90	52.2	37	48.6	25	33	75.8	65.5	11	27	11	24
5	Rockets	17	12/22/2001	HOU	vs	MIL	W 115-110	240	115	37	28	1	2	39	85	45.9	35	48.6	20	26	76.9	59.6	14	23	9	14
6	Celtics	17	11/17/2001	BOS	@	ATL	L 103-112	240	103	31	21	13	1	35	81	43.2	37	45.9	16	21	76.2	57.1	8	23	11	21
7	Rockets	17	3/25/1999	HOU	vs	TOR	W 113-104	240	113	35	31	8	8	42	74	56.8	30	56.7	12	18	66.7	69.0	10	25	13	11
8	SuperSonics	17	4/3/1998	SEA	@	VAN	W 138-98	240	138	42	36	19	3	52	94	55.3	31	54.8	17	22	77.3	66.6	16	26	13	19
9	Heat	17	2/15/1997	MIA	vs	PHI	W 125-99	240	125	42	39	11	10	48	91	52.7	33	51.5	12	17	70.6	63.5	15	27	16	26
10	Warriors	17	4/12/1995	GSW	@	MIN	W 123-109	240	123	46	30	4	2	47	88	53.4	30	56.7	12	17	70.6	64.4	17	29	18	19
11	Bucks	16	2/20/2002	MIL	vs	HOU	W 115-76	240	115	34	33	8	8	48	82	58.5	26	61.5	3	3	100.0	69.0	6	28	10	19
12	Nuggets	16	1/15/2001	DEN	vs	SEA	W 122-111	240	122	37	34	7	10	46	82	56.1	27	59.3	14	16	87.5	68.5	7	30	9	23
13	Nuggets	16	3/20/1997	DEN	@	SEA	L 97-123	240	97	36	20	8	7	31	69	44.9	31	51.6	19	24	79.2	61.0	8	28	30	16
14	Suns	16	3/17/1997	PHX	@	GSW	W 116-95	240	116	43	28	11	2	42	81	51.9	28	57.1	16	24	66.7	63.3	13	30	15	26
15	Trail Blazers	16	3/5/1997	POR	@	PHX	W 121-99	240	121	38	28	12	3	41	78	52.6	24	66.7	23	30	76.7	66.3	6	32	16	26
16	Rockets	16	12/7/1996	HOU	vs	PHI	W 123-108	240	123	45	33	8	2	44	82	53.7	26	61.5	19	29	65.5	64.9	8	37	14	23
17	Hawks	16	11/5/1996	ATL	@	SEA	W 117-95	240	117	38	23	9	3	43	81	53.1	29	55.2	15	18	83.3	65.8	10	28	15	20
18	Rockets	16	4/21/1996	HOU	vs	PHX	W 118-110	240	118	38	33	8	9	45	86	52.3	30	53.3	12	15	80.0	63.7	5	33	12	19
19	Magic	16	4/18/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	W 119-104	240	119	43	32	11	2	44	88	50.0	30	53.3	15	21	71.4	61.2	13	30	12	19
20	Cavaliers	16	3/5/1996	CLE	vs	SEA	L 101-107	290	101	38	26	5	3	34	84	40.5	32	50.0	17	25	68.0	53.2	13	25	15	31
21	Mavericks	16	3/1/1996	DAL	@	VAN	W 119-111	240	119	43	30	12	1	42	97	43.3	44	36.4	19	24	79.2	55.3	17	26	14	16
22	Rockets	16	4/9/1995	HOU	@	DEN	W 123-120	240	123	39	22	7	5	43	79	54.4	29	55.2	21	28	75.0	67.3	11	28	14	29
23	Kings	16	2/9/1989	SAC	vs	GSW	W 142-117	240	142	47	35	11	13	53	100	53.0	31	51.6	20	23	87.0	64.5	19	28	13	21
24	Pistons	15	4/17/2002	DET	vs	MIL	W 123-89	240	123	47	31	7	4	44	80	55.0	24	62.5	20	26	76.9	67.3	12	35	17	23
25	Mavericks	15	3/17/2002	DAL	@	LAL	L 103-105	240	103	43	21	4	6	37	85	43.5	40	37.5	14	16	87.5	56.0	7	36	9	23